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Big Shoal #1 Coal
Highwall Mining, LLC
· Surface
Controlled by
Wendell Lewis; Billy Thomas
Diamond KY,
Pike County,
KY
·
Abandoned and Sealed
MSHA Mine ID: 1519701
Big Shoal #1 has $812 in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 0 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 1
- Years on record
- 2013
- Latest incident
- May 2013
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
8
citations
1
significant & substantial
$812
proposed penalties
$612
paid to date
75% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $200 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
15
inspections on record
158
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ
This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 158 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Big Shoal #1 has $812 in proposed MSHA penalties and $200 outstanding across 0 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$812
proposed penalties
$812
current assessed
$612
paid to date
$200
outstanding
8 assessments are final orders; 0 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2014-06-05.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
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the operator's enforcement record
MSHA sampling at Big Shoal #1 shows respirable coal dust averaging 0.10 mg/m3 (100% compliant) across 6 samples.
Health sampling
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A sample is a point in time compliance measurement, not an individual exposure history. These figures describe MSHA sampling records and do not establish causation or personal dose.Respirable coal dust
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Respirable coal dust and silica figures cover coal facilities. Dust compliance is measured against the current 1.5 mg/m3 standard; samples predating the 2014 standard are included, so compliance rates are a coarse historical signal.0.10
dust avg (mg/m3)
0.20
dust max (mg/m3)
100%
within 1.5 mg/m3
6
samples
Most recent sample: 2014-06-02.
Noise
0%
over PEL
3
samples
Most recent sample: 2013-12-04.
Source: MSHA respirable dust, quartz, and noise sampling records, updated weekly.
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 Q4 | 1,362 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q3 | 1,157 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014 Q2 | 936 | 2 | 1 | 2136.8 |
| 2014 Q1 | 259 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013 Q4 | 145 | 3 | 0 | 20689.7 |
| 2013 Q3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2013 Q2 | 355 | 3 | 0 | 8450.7 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
1 on file2013 · 1 incident
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The full compliance file on Big Shoal #1
A dated report covering the 26-year penalty trail, line-item violation pattern, contest and docket posture, rate-normalized peer benchmark, and full fatality history. Delivered as a PDF with the underlying data as CSV.